Space is limited for some programs. Registration required, unless noted; please visit or call the Library.
All programs are free unless otherwise noted.

Toddler Time Singing, dancing, games & stories! Mondays & Saturdays at 10:30 am. (18 to 36 months with adult caregiver; NO YOUNGER CHILDREN, please) Limit: 12 pairs.

Preschool Story Time Summer stories, songs, a craft, puppets & silly stuff! Tuesdays at 10:30 am. Wednesdays at 10:30am. Thursdays at 6:30 pm. (Ages 3 – 6) Limit: 24 per/session.

Teen Movie Night Free movies, snacks & air conditioning: almost perfect. Call the Library. Thursdays at 6:00 pm (Teen) No registration; first come, first seated.

Family Mystery Movie Night Six free family mystery movies (some about mysteries of nature or the unknown). BYO popcorn. More details, call Library. Mondays at 6:00 pm. (All ages) No registration; first come, first seated.

“Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” Part 1 The 1st Night of Sisterhood: See the movie. Food too! (Teen)

Mini-Science: Science for Young Children Join us for a pair of workshops introducing young children to science in the world around them. Don’t wear your good clothes!! Based on the Emmy-winning TV series, Peep and the Big Wide World. Thursdays at 3:00 pm (Age 4-7) Limit: 20.

“Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” Part 2 The 2nd Night of Sisterhood: talk about the book(s), make your own jean butt pillow to travel with. 7:00 pm (Teen)

Kidz at Play Theater Workshop Join us for a whole week of fun learning theater basics – acting, set design, costumes & makeup – ending with a real play on the last day of the workshop. Monday – Thursday at 1:00 – 4:00 pm, & Friday at 10:00 am – 2:00 pm (performance at noon, followed by cast party). (Gr. 2-7) Limit: 20. $25.00 attendance guarantee deposit. Please plan to attend all five days!

Sherlock Holmes and the Speckled Band: A Live Performance Actor Neill Hartley plays the famed detective in a live one-man show based on one of Holmes’s most mysterious crime cases! 6:30 pm (Gr. 2 and up; NO YOUNGER CHILDREN, please)

Snore-y Time with Biscuit Biscuit, the little puppy from the books by Alyssa Satin Capucilli, will join us for our Snore-y Time. Wear your PJs! Bedtime doggy snacks too! 6:30 pm (Family) Limit: 50.

EAT THIS!!! Fear Factor Recipes Hissing cockroach dessert? Giant centipede salad? Can you make it? Would you eat it? Find out! 7:00 pm (Teen)

CLUESapalooza! Kids And Cultures World-Sized Treasure Hunt Liz and Matt's parents have suddenly disappeared, leaving behind only one clue. Will the kids find them before the start of the family's vacation? 6:30 pm (Gr.K-5)

Mysterious Bottle Art Decorate a bottle using ordinary stuff with mysterious results! Mysterious uses: secret message in a bottle, mysterious gift bottle, and more! BYOB (Bring Your Own Bottle, clean & empty). 2:00 pm (Gr. 3-8) Limit: 20.

Maryland Science Center “Brain Benders” Balance a lightbulb on your head! Thrust a a straw through a potato or propel a pencil through a solid block!!! It’s not magic—It’s Science! 6:30 pm (Age 5 & up)

Jesse the Reptile Guy Become a reptile detective @ your library! Meet a dozen or so live reptiles—and uncover their mysteries! 6:30 pm (Family)

Shane the Street/Table Magician Tabletop magic that will have you wondering “how did he do that?!” If you know some card tricks or would like to learn a new one-come see the action! 6:30 pm (Teen)

The Puppeteerz! Our own teen troupe presents our annual preschool puppet show with several traditional stories. 11:00 am (Ages 2-7) No registration. First come, first seated.

Get a Clue with Nate The Great Marjorie Sharmat’s grade school detective, Nate the Great, visits in person to solve mysteries! Come dressed as a detective! Mysterious snacks! 6:30 pm (Family) Limit: 50.

Plus eleven private group programs. Three levels of reading incentive programs. Book orders. Passport applications.

The girls & I are going to Otakon in July. That's a lot of fun, but it's not restful.

Band Camp is at the beginning of August. I have a private storytelling gig the weekend after that.

And near the end of August, after all the programming is over and the incentive sheets have been turned in (but not before the State Report on Summer Reading is completed), I will quietly disappear for a week to a small, very peaceful house in a mountain community south of here, all by myself, with a selection of music, movies, and books, my laptop, and no cable TV. I hope they catch the bear before then; I like to go for a walk in the evening.

Then school begins and we start all over again.